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Romain Duris | ... | Paul | |
Louis Garrel | ... | Jonathan | |
Guy Marchand | ... | Mirko | |
Joana Preiss | ... | Anna | |
Alice Butaud | ... | Alice | |
Marie-France Pisier | ... | La mère | |
Héléna Noguerra | ... | La fille du scooter | |
Judith El Zein | ... | La fille qui croit qu'il va pleuvoir | |
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Annabelle Hettmann | ... | La fille dans la vitrine |
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Mathieu Funck-Brentano | ... | Le garçon à la cigarette |
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Lou Rambert Preiss | ... | Loup (as Lou Rambert-Preiss) |
After a love affair ends badly, a young Parisian named Paul (Romain Duris) sinks into the same kind of deep depression that led his sister to kill herself. He moves back home with his father (Guy Marchand) and aimless brother Jonathan (Louis Garrel) but refuses to get out of bed. One night, Paul rises from his torpor and makes a fateful visit to the Seine. Written by filmcomment
I liked the avant-garde touches such as the address-to-camera in the opening, the speeded-up lovers cavorting by the Seine and touches like Jon reading a copy of 'Franny et Zooey' (another story with a dead sister)or that he stops in front of two film posters in the street, neither of which I've seen but both of which I'm sure are relevant. The conversation Paul has with Jon's forlorn girl-friend about his theory of sadness is also very moving, as is Paul's reading of the children's storybook to his younger brother, if both are somewhat obscure.The father preparing dinner whilst his estranged wife outlines the difficulties of their previous relationship seems rooted in reality. Paul's self-destructive behaviour and the see-saw moods of his relationship are bizarre believable. The relationships are discussed in a way that is both reflective and expressive, such a change from the cutesy-clichés of American romances.